Seat protector



July 6,1926; 4 1,591,014 S. L. CAMPBELL I SEAT PROTECTOR I Filed Dec. 1, 1922 EIYT OR: M,

ATTORNEY.

Patented July 6, 1926.

I fumTE p susm gciat tafor nimu'anoiviiok, sew YORK?" Application file d December-r1922;seriaiuofisogzaz this sort have been :open to objections.-

They have either been-too expensive, or too fragile. For a protector of'this kind it is necessary that it be cheap so that-it"can be I *once used and destroyed; it 'must be constructed so that it will not readily tear;'-'o1' else its purpose will be nullified, and it should be of soft paper'whiclr-will readily pass ofi with the waste'waterof the'toilet.

When attempts have been made to make' protectors of the kind'describedjso as to meet the last. named conditions, they have generally been madeiwith a part ofthe sur- Y face plain, 2 and "this plain part having no ;elasticity,'is almost certain totearand make the? protector useless. I have' found, :however, that by 1 making the protector of soft paper so as to approximately fit the seat, and pleating the @protector' entirely across the papeiy that 51S- making it 'in" numerous little folds,=the=-noted objections are eliminated, and: the paper -is given so much elasticity that it will readily adapt itself to the seat and person without tearing. When soft paper that it will readily pass 011? with the waste water, and so cheap that it can be easily supplied for public and semi-public places. Furthermore, I find that by pleating the protector transversely as stated, and entirely across, and then creasing it longitudinally, it will hold its place on the seat better even though the material is light and soft. In carrying out the invention, the structure may be made in a long strip which can be pleated, and 'the ends pasted or otherwise secured together to form a structure which will fit the seat, or it can be cut out in the generally'elliptical form desired from a piece of paper so that there will be no end to the material. This will be more clearly understood from the description [which follows.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificatiomin which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a strip Figured is a' broken perspective partly in section, showing jthe complete protector asabplied toa'sat, and" 1 "-F'igureffis a plan and sligh tive view o'f'the'protectorcut out-iir-the'genc5. -erally'ellipti'cal form fdesiredf f u i In. carrying but my "nventio'n' Ipref'erably use p, so ft paper "as stated,"= and the structure 'c'an be easily; cheaply arid-nicely magic from made this way the protector can be of such of material suitable. for making .55 Protector;

Figure 2 is a broken plan'view. in perspective," of; the protector after 'it"is pleated and the ends of the *st-ri together.

per s pe'ca strip of paper 1o;long encugh w'be ,7 0

*i t {is "applied after it, has" been "pleated, as

' presently described; z Th'e s trip 10 "is pro- Yvided; with "numerous transverse-folds or leats-11 which extend entirely-acrossthe .75

strip,'iand' the ends "of the strip can be provide'd' with adhesive material as, shown at 12, so that when pleatedandformedinto the. shape of'fl'tlieseatfthe 'ehds niay be wfastened together as'fshown -at 131 The strip 8 0 can'-be"easi'ly 'pleat'ed and'formedthis way by simply aving the outer parts of the folds or pleats slightly wider than the inner parts, so that the lines of the folds will be radial to the centre of the structure.- It

will be noted that these pleatsf, 11 do not merge, but are spaced apart from each other, and arespaced wider at the outer part of 1 the seat than at the inner part. This makes it easy to bring the body into the required shape to fit the seat, and it also enables the pleats to retain their pleated shape when the structure is la'id flat upon a seat, thus rendering light paper so {elastic as to prevent it from being easily torn.

The protector can be used in the form shown in'Figure 2, but I preferably give it a longitudinal crease or score as shown at 15, which causes it to rise up-slightly along the generally middle portion'of the strip, as this causes the strip to fit better on the seat 14, and also fold up easier.

Instead of cutting the protector in the form of a strip 10, it can be died or cut out from a larger piece of material to the shape desired, as shown at 10 in Fi ure 4, and the pleats 11 may be extende transversely across the strip, forming the protecting part 'attention to the fact that the longitudinal crease 15 forms an inner rim, and this crease can be located at any desired point on the seat.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have devised an exceedingly simple and economical protector which can be folded into a very small compass, so that stocks of the protectors can easily be supplied forpublic and semi-public places, or can be transported with facility and without encumbering the persons carrying them. It

will-also be understood that the material can be made antiseptic if desired.

It willbe seen further that I entirely ,-ob-

viate the difficulties arising from structures of this kind which have part of their surface plain, and which therefore readily tear, because. in the structure which I have devised thevarious pleats will yield and somay be used in strip form by simply laying the ends so that they Will overlap whenv applied to the seat.

Attention is also called to the fact that the fabric of the protector which is preferably paper, can be made in many styles and in many compositions, without affecting the invention. For instance, the paper might be more or less water-proof to insure against dampness, and to make a more perfect protection. Attention is also called to the lact that where structures for this purpose have been made with plain surfaces, they are not *only fragile, as pointed out, but they can not be turned down to advantage to form an inner rim; whereas when the structure is pleated, even though the paper be soft, the inner rim can be turned down and will retain its position because of the stiffening effect of the pleats, and thus the structure can be made to fit any seat and afford the protection desired.

A seat protector of substantially the width of a toilet seat and adapted to rest thereupon, and formed of paper 'stock having pleats extending entirely across it, said pleats being so arranged that the lines of the folds of said protector are radial toward the center of the seat, and with a crease extending longitudinally of the pro- .tector and substantially midway of the 

